I heard about pokemon showdown after I started playing PokeMMO. Other than that game, I've never played any installment of the gameboy series past gold and silver. I still thought it was a much more exciting pastime than PokeMMO so I started playing more showdown. The first team that I've made has actually been doing well. When I played before the ladder was most recently reset I got up to about 1700 and afterward I'm at about 1600, but I've noticed a few things that my team has difficulty with. Boosting pokemon with substitute can be really annoying and hard to deal with, since I use a few pokemon that allow some to start setting up if they're left in. Another issue with my team is that it's way short on physical moves outside of Infernape and Ferrothorn's Power Whip.
In playing there's a lot on the Smogon OU page that I've never encountered. I've seen maybe one Salamence, one Scizor, and one Chansey. I've never played a Blissey. The only Jirachi set I've seen seems to be the Wish/Iron Head/U-Turn set. Choice Scarf isn't something I've seen too much of either even though I know it too is really popular, or at least haven't noticed since half of my team is very slow.
These sets were almost completely Smogoned with just a couple of alterations in natures and EV spreads.
Impish Ferrothorn
Iron Barbs
Carries Shed Shell
252 HP / 88 DEF / 168 SPD
Spikes
Power Whip
Leech Seed
Thunder Wave
Bold Jellicent
Water Absorb
Carries Leftovers
252 HP / 212 DEF / 48 SPE
Taunt
Scald
Recover
Will-O-Wisp
Modest Porygon2
Trace
Carries Eviolite
252 HP / 184 DEF / 72 SPA
Thunder Wave
Thunderbolt
Ice Beam
Recover
Hasty Infernape
Blaze
Carries Life Orb
252 ATK / 4 SPA / 252 SPE
Overheat
Close Combat
U-turn
Stone Edge
Timid Jolteon
Volt Absorb
Carries Life Orb
252 SPA / 4 HP / 252 SPE
Thunderbolt
Volt Switch
Signal Beam
Hidden Power Ice
Timid Espeon
Magic Bounce
Carries Light Clay
252 SPA / 4 HP / 252 SPE
Psychic
Light Screen
Reflect
Hidden Power Fire
Porygon2 is one of my favorite pokemon and helps out a lot against weather teams and most Dragon pokemon. The Jellicent on this team has become a bit of a stall-out win condition, often times he'll taunt and recover his way to victory while the opponent suffers burn damage. I have 48 speed EVs on him, because smogon reccomends 44 and with 48 I'll outspeed most other smogoners Jellicent should they stare down, letting me get off the first taunt. Infernape I have for its great wall breaking mixed STAB and it's also my only physical attacker and has access to U-Turn. Espeon is my only line of defense against entry hazards, but seems like it's the most fun line of defense I can use. Jolteon is my go-to lead since it's so fast and can volt switch and can put the pressure on dragons and ground types with hidden power ice. The Ferrothorn is handy, but I mostly use it for everything but entry hazards. Most matches I'll get 0-1 layers of spikes out. Thunder Wave and Leech Seed are the ones I seem to use the most.
I'm still really new to this gen and like I said there's a lot of top threats I haven't encountered. It seems like most people use weather based teams? Any advice on my team or what I should be wary of would be greatly appreciated. Thanks y'all.
In playing there's a lot on the Smogon OU page that I've never encountered. I've seen maybe one Salamence, one Scizor, and one Chansey. I've never played a Blissey. The only Jirachi set I've seen seems to be the Wish/Iron Head/U-Turn set. Choice Scarf isn't something I've seen too much of either even though I know it too is really popular, or at least haven't noticed since half of my team is very slow.
These sets were almost completely Smogoned with just a couple of alterations in natures and EV spreads.
Impish Ferrothorn
Iron Barbs
Carries Shed Shell
252 HP / 88 DEF / 168 SPD
Spikes
Power Whip
Leech Seed
Thunder Wave
Bold Jellicent
Water Absorb
Carries Leftovers
252 HP / 212 DEF / 48 SPE
Taunt
Scald
Recover
Will-O-Wisp
Modest Porygon2
Trace
Carries Eviolite
252 HP / 184 DEF / 72 SPA
Thunder Wave
Thunderbolt
Ice Beam
Recover
Hasty Infernape
Blaze
Carries Life Orb
252 ATK / 4 SPA / 252 SPE
Overheat
Close Combat
U-turn
Stone Edge
Timid Jolteon
Volt Absorb
Carries Life Orb
252 SPA / 4 HP / 252 SPE
Thunderbolt
Volt Switch
Signal Beam
Hidden Power Ice
Timid Espeon
Magic Bounce
Carries Light Clay
252 SPA / 4 HP / 252 SPE
Psychic
Light Screen
Reflect
Hidden Power Fire
Porygon2 is one of my favorite pokemon and helps out a lot against weather teams and most Dragon pokemon. The Jellicent on this team has become a bit of a stall-out win condition, often times he'll taunt and recover his way to victory while the opponent suffers burn damage. I have 48 speed EVs on him, because smogon reccomends 44 and with 48 I'll outspeed most other smogoners Jellicent should they stare down, letting me get off the first taunt. Infernape I have for its great wall breaking mixed STAB and it's also my only physical attacker and has access to U-Turn. Espeon is my only line of defense against entry hazards, but seems like it's the most fun line of defense I can use. Jolteon is my go-to lead since it's so fast and can volt switch and can put the pressure on dragons and ground types with hidden power ice. The Ferrothorn is handy, but I mostly use it for everything but entry hazards. Most matches I'll get 0-1 layers of spikes out. Thunder Wave and Leech Seed are the ones I seem to use the most.
I'm still really new to this gen and like I said there's a lot of top threats I haven't encountered. It seems like most people use weather based teams? Any advice on my team or what I should be wary of would be greatly appreciated. Thanks y'all.
